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The Barnes & Noble Review
The power of secrets, hidden and revealed, drives the plot of this fast-paced romantic thriller by bestselling author Barbara Freethy. Here three young women, each traumatized by the accidental death of their best friend ten years ago in college, are startled to read the story of the death in a bestselling novel -- and the anonymous author thinks one of them committed the murder. Natalie Bishop, now a medical resident in San Francisco, reunites with her sorority sisters, Laura and Madison, to investigate the past and clear their names -- only to find out Emily's life was nowhere as carefree and innocent as they thought. Natalie gains an unlikely ally in her investigation -- Emily's brother, Cole -- but the closer they come to discovering the truth, the more their old attraction heats up and the greater danger they both face. Ginger Curwen
Publishers Weekly
During a college party gone awry, vibrant but physically fragile Emily Parish, ringleader and emotional pivot of a group of female friends self-christened the Fabulous Four, falls to her death from their sorority house roof. Traumatized, the remaining three go their separate ways and lead outwardly successful yet personally problematic lives. Then 10 years later, a mysterious, pseudonymous author publishes a bestselling novel packed with intimate details about the thinly disguised Fab Four-and accusing one of them, Dr. Natalie Bishop, whose own memories of the tragic night are a blank, of murdering Emily. As Natalie delves into the past to save her reputation and career, she not only rediscovers her old gang (including Emily's brother Cole, an ex-boyfriend who'd always blamed Natalie for his sister's death) but, gradually, disquietingly, realizes that all had motives for murder. Unfortunately, the real killer's character gets short shrift, making the book less than compelling as a mystery. Still, Rita Award-winner Freethy (Summer Secrets, etc.) succeeds in developing a suitably eerie atmosphere that doesn't eclipse the story's main focus on the renewal of fabulous friendships and romances. Agent, Andrea Cirillo. (Dec. 7) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
From the Publisher
"Three friends reunited to uncover a haunting mystery — I couldn't put it down." —Luanne Rice, New York Times bestselling author
